Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
and the standard math library, as well as many others.

Contains an archive library (ar file) composed of individual shared objects.
This is used for creating a library which is a smaller subset of the
standard libc shared library. The reduced library is used on the Debian
boot floppies. If you are not making your own set of Debian boot floppies
using the `boot-floppies' package, you probably don't need this package.

Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
and the standard math library, as well as many others.
.
This package contains a minimal set of libraries needed for the Debian
installer. Do not install it on a normal system.

Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C
library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
.
This set of libraries is optimized for the Xen hypervisor, and will be
selected instead when running under Xen.

Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
and the standard math library, as well as many others.
.
This package contains the DNS NSS helper needed for the Debian installer.
Do not install it on a normal system.

Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
and the standard math library, as well as many others.
.
This package contains the files NSS helper needed for the Debian installer.
Do not install it on a normal system.

A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups
for running programs and caches the results for the next
query. You should install this package only if you use
slow services like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.